Beverly's Stamping Beehive

While shopping on our annual Christmas Church Fair Day - our beloved tradition of visiting local church's holiday craft fairs to find great handmade gifts during November, we found this great DOG BISCUIT WREATH and fell in love with it! So we bought it for a neighbour's pooch Lucy, a friend to our beloved dog Maggie! It was wrapped wonderfully, but no tag.  So when I found Impression Obsessions Challenge Quick Holiday Gifts  I decided to add a tag to the wreath and enter the challenge as well.  [click on link to take you to Impression Obsessions blog] It took minutes to make a quick tag using the Large Snowflake Die and a simple scalloped circle and a wee bit of twine. I left the snowflake diecut mainly intact for a bold look. The small snowflake I did remove (from the center), I used on the back of the tag. Easy peasy :) I added tiny red gems to the interior of the snowflake as the wreath's wrapping has a pretty elaborate ribbon but I adjust...

Two people and 1 dog. The dog's day? Why daily morning and evening meals & ditto for his outdoor 'visits'.  The two people's day? Why hectic and sometimes vastly different morning schedules.  And toss in the daily predictable conversation dazzlers such as  " did you take the dog out this morning?" or  "When did Pepper eat last!" And you have the feeling that everyday is going to be like the last - forever confused! As I lay blissfully sleeping recently one morning, I heard my daughter's voice breaking through the muddle of my mind - first faintly, then becoming painfully clearer with each repitition: "Mom! - did Pepper go this morning?" Being "so" asleep moments earlier, it was all I could do to drawl: noooo-oo-o - .  Then, her, casually: "OK - just checking - thought maybe you took him out really late like you do sometimes" ......and then she was gone! Just like that. No compunction for having wakened ...

Hello, helloooo! I am tired from a big day yesterday - had a lot of fun though, so it was worth it!  But it wasn't without its funny parts! First off, I went down to the beaches because I planned on joining in on the National Scrapbook Day fun at my ol fav haunt, Scrapbooks by Design. But I like to make a day of it, so first thing I grabbed a coffee and went over to Kew Park and had my bring-a-long lunch.  Which turned out nice because a flutist was practicing and myself and the squirrels sat munching and listening to some nice lyrical music! Nice! Then a bit of shopping. I met a lot of shopkeepers and staff - most friendly and one a little weird {yeh, nice talking to you...as I backed out of the store, lol}. Then it turned really overcast - and this is where I should have taken my cue, and headed to the scrapbook store. But no - I decided to take a look-see at my first "Master Oyster Shucker" - which I didn't even know you could be one!  However, he was busy wi...